Forty-two years ago today, Metallica released their debut album. The release would play a major part in shaping thrash metal.

The virtuoso took a detour from heavy music to work on TV and film scores in the ’90s. Now he’s working on new material with ...

Known for his fast, aggressive, and chaotic guitar playing, he helped shape the thrash metal genre. Most Influential Work: Slayer’s album “Reign in Blood” is considered a seminal work in thrash metal, ...

1984’s Haunting The Chapel EP was a huge leap forward, but for most it was 1985 full-length follow-up Hell Awaits that really ...

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If rock & roll has historically been a boys club, then heavy metal is the He-Man Woman Haters Club. Thankfully, that’s changing. Of all the genres, though, metal is definitely the laggard. And unless ...

Who says headbanging can’t pay the bills? Over the decades, some heavy metal bands have gone far beyond filling sweaty clubs ...

Over the past 40 years, Metallica have made heavy rock music accessible to the masses. Today, we reveal James Hetfield's ...

These classic metal albums from the 1980s are must-haves for any metalheads who are building a vinyl collection.

If you love Metallica’s hit album Master of Puppets, then you will love these records that share similar styles to it, in ...

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David Ellefson reveals he balked at Dave Mustaine's proposed idea of having Megadeth revisit a Metallica demo he had worked ...